recently popularized in the show jericho season 1 finale when a story is told of a time in Bastone when General Anthony McAuliff responded to the Germans' order to surrender with a one-word reply: "Nuts." (see The Battle of The Bulge)

General McAuliff said this at the battle of the bulge during ww2. After receiving a message asking for the American's surrender at Bastogn, the General simply replied "nuts". The Germans had no idea what this meant but basically meant "go to hell"